Scenario: Iredell Co NC, 1800 Nathan GAULTNEY: (my gggrandfather) son of John GUALTNEY: Head of Household on Census, p 610, [Nathan is probably the male age 10 to 16] Nathan later marries Lucinda. Some say Lucinda is a SLOAN Later: Nathan and Lucinda name a son SLOAN, even later: their daughter, Asenath, names a son SLOAN and names a daughter Elizabeth Elizabeth SLONE: Head of Household on the Census p 613 with one male age 16-26, one female age <10, 2 females ages 16-26, 2 females age 26-45 On same page 613: John SLONE, Joseph SHARPE (sibling to my ggggrands:James and Walter ) Archibald SLONE Further away: p 608 is Howell BARKER my gggrandfather p 609 is Richard COOK sibling to my ggggrandmother P 615 is Hugh ANDREW, sibling to my ggggrandmother p 617 is James SHARPE my ggggrandfather Next Scenario: Iredell Co. NC 1822 Will of Elizabeth Sloan: " Nathan Gaultney's children are her grandchildren" Mystery Questions: Who are parents of the Lucinda who married Nathan? Who is the 1800 Elizabeth SLONE? Is she an unmarried daughter of one of the Sloans? If so, who are these younsters in her household? Is she the widow of a Sloan? If so, what is his name? and the names of her children? Who is the 1822 Elizabeth SLOAN? Who was her husband? Story waiting resolution, as am I: Dorothy Bradshaw, daughter of John SLOAN Bradshaw, Jr.